Need anti-pollution type mechanism to clean up social media: CEC Rajiv KumarChief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasizes the need for measures to combat 'social media pollution.' He criticizes social media pla...
24 Jan, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
NASA sends powerful new instrument to space to track air pollutionThe US space agency on Saturday launched a powerful new instrument into space to track air pollution, which would provide unprecedented res...
08 Apr, 2023, 10.29 AM IST
Delhi, Kanpur witness increasing levels of air pollutants, shows new studyThe study used observations from instruments on satellites that scan the global skies.
29 Apr, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Levels of air pollutants on rise in Indian cities: StudyResearchers used a long record of data gathered by space-based instruments to estimate trends in a range of air pollutants for 2005 to 2018...
29 Apr, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Measuring pollution: How government is ramping up air quality monitoring stations according to Indian standardsMost solutions to battle pollution are imported from foreign shores. Instruments for both measuring and monitoring air quality and cleaning...
07 Dec, 2019, 04.48 PM IST
Expert panel will be set up to use advanced technology to deal with air pollution: Environment Ministry"An expert group will be constituted, which will provide its recommendation in a month's time on early warning system, including disseminat...
25 Jun, 2018, 10.25 PM IST
Govt asks pollution watchdogs to get their instruments calibrated to maintain accuracyAdmitting that most of the pollution measuring and biomedical equipment are “not calibrated as per standards in the country which affects q...
18 Dec, 2016, 09.13 PM IST
NASA's new airborne mission to map Earth's atmosphere"The oceans are where a lot of chemical reactions take place, and some of the least well understood parts are hard to get to because they a...
08 Jul, 2016, 01.01 PM IST
- Curb noise pollution: Chhattisgarh environment department
Taking serious note of increasing noise pollution in state and its adverse effects Chhattisgarh government instructed all district collecto...
29 Dec, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
NGT directs Badarpur, Rajghat plants to control high PM levelsThe National Green Tribunal directed Badarpur and Rajghat Thermal Power Stations to bring particulate matter (PM) within permissible limits.
14 Aug, 2015, 06.58 PM IST
Budget 2015: Ministry of Environment and forests seeks sops for anti-pollution devicesThe environment ministry has made it mandatory for all industries to implement a zero liquid discharge policy by March 31.
16 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Noise pollution on rise in Delhi-NCRIn a written reply, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that noise pollution has increased in Delhi and the National Capital Region.
23 Dec, 2014, 04.55 PM IST
World health body WHO says Delhi’s air is the most polluted. Or, is it?Continuous monitoring stations are present in only nine states in the country, as per the website of the Central Pollution Control Board (C...
01 Dec, 2014, 10.25 AM IST
Can self-certification curb emissions?According to the report, the proponent and his team are not only required to tell the whole truth, but also not to suppress any material fa...
01 Dec, 2014, 05.57 AM IST
NASA to make ISS a perfect Earth-observing platformBefore the end of the decade, six NASA Earth science instruments will be mounted atop the ISS to help scientists study our changing planet.
09 Sep, 2014, 01.26 PM IST
India's sulphur dioxide emissions on the rise: NasaResearchers have drafted a map that depicts sulphur dioxide concentrations in 2011-12 and 2005, and the relative size of power plants in In...
29 Dec, 2013, 12.39 PM IST
- PPCB to gauge pollution around Golden Temple
Punjab Pollution Control Board has recently started a study during the current monsoon to know the level of chemical precipitation in rainw...
24 Jul, 2011, 03.30 AM IST